Vladimir Prokofyevich Valuyev (Russian: Владимир Прокофьевич Валуев; born 16 July 1947) is a retired officer of the Russian Navy. He holds the rank of Admiral, and served as commander of the Baltic Fleet between 2001 and 2006.
Valuyev carried out further studies at the Naval Academy between 1981 and 1983, and on graduating was appointed as deputy commander of one of the Pacific Fleet's submarine divisions. In 1988, he was appointed the division's commander. He studied at the Military Academy of the General Staff between 1991 and 1993, during which time the dissolution of the Soviet Union took place, and Valuyev transitioned from serving the Soviet Navy to the Russian Navy. On graduating, he was assigned to the post of chief of staff and first deputy commander of the Pacific Fleet's 4th Submarine Flotilla.[3] The flotilla was subsequently reorganized as a squadron, and Valuyev, by now a rear-admiral, was appointed its commander.[1][2] By the time of the squadron's disbandment in 1996, Valuyev had been promoted to vice-admiral, and was appointed Deputy Chief of the Naval General Staff.[3][4] On 20 November 1996, he was appointed first deputy commander of the Baltic Fleet, serving under the fleet commander, Vladimir Yegorov. Yegorov was elected governor of Kaliningrad Oblast in November 2000, with Valuyev serving as acting commander of the fleet until being confirmed in the position on 11 April 2001.[1][2] He was promoted to admiral on 11 December 2001.[2] On 30 January 2006, he suffered a myocardial infarction.[5] He stepped down as commander on 6 May 2006, and retired from the navy that month on medical advice.[1][2][6]
Family and personal life
Valuyev is married, with two daughters.[7] His hobbies are hunting, chess, and winter swimming.[1] He settled in Kaliningrad, and has been a member of the Security Council of Russia's working group for Kaliningrad Oblast.[1][4] He is a candidate of military sciences, and president of the Union of Navy Veterans, Chairman of the Moscow Association of Kaliningraders, a board member of the Luhansk and Donetsk Associations in Moscow. He heads the Admiral's Board of Trustees for the building of a church in Saint Petersburg to Fyodor Ushakov.[8]
